Here are the 4's
- Stanford 18-10/12-4 RPI 22, SOS 6, 2 HQ wins, 4 Q Wins, No Bad Losses (@uo, UCLA)
- NC State 21-6/11-5 RPI 17, SOS 25, 1 HQW, 2 QW, 0 BL (FSU)
- Georgia 21-5/9-4 RPI 29, SOS 65, 2 HQW, 1 QW, 0 BL (Missouri, @ta&M)
- Maryland 22-5/11-3 RPI 19, SOS 45, 4 HQW, 4 QW, 0 BL (Iowa, Rutgers, @rutgers)
Here are the 5's
- OSU 21-6/12-4 RPI 39, SOS 81, 2 HQW, 3 QW, 0 BL (UO, UCLA)
- toOSU 22-6/11-3 RPI 7 , SOS 5, 3 HQW, 7 QW, 0 BL (Rutgers, Stanford, Stanford)
- Duke 20-7/9-5 RPI 16, SOS 31, 2 HQW, 2 QW, 0 BL (toOSU, NCSt)
- TA&M 20-8/9-5 RPI 20, SOS 10, 2 HQW, 2 QW, 0 BL (Tenn, LSU)
Our RPI just stinks. Three of our pre-season opponents ended up in the RPI 300's, three more in the 200's, and the RPI formula really punishes that. The RPI formula thinks that playing North Dakota twice is harder than playing Notre Dame and Savannah State. Oh, well.
There's a chance, but I think we need to sweep in Arizona and win at least two games in Seattle. And we will still need some help from Georgia, NC State, and toOSU. Our quality wins are better than the others, but I suspect we need some late season momentum to get the committee to look at us.